After about two hours, all the teams had left, but their sensei had not shown up, and surprisingly, Naruto. Sasuke looks up at Hinata who is feverishly looking around, obviously worrying about Naruto. Furious rage sprang up in Sasuke; he has never felt so much hate for anyone, not even his brother.

Suddenly, the door opens and Naruto, completely out of breath walks into the classroom. "S-sorry, I'm so late…I was…um…" Naruto looks at Sasuke, and then continues, "…never mind." Naruto ignores Sasuke's and Hinata's stares—and glares—as he falls into a seat just as Kakashi opens the door and walks in to greet his new students. Naruto moans quietly to himself, not wanting to move again because his heart is still pounding from the extra training he had done after the bell sounding the end of lunch rang. He has no intention of Sasuke finding out how much training he's doing to beat him.

"Follow me…or I'll end up hating all of you…" Kakashi says with a smile from behind his face obscured mask.

Sasuke sits on the top step on a three step staircase while Naruto and Hinata sit on lower steps in front of him. Kakashi sits on a fence opposite his three new students.

"Well, let's begin by introducing yourselves," Kakashi says, sitting on the fence opposite his students.

"Well…what the hell do you want to know!" Naruto asks, annoyed by how his new sensei had come in before he could properly rest.

"How about you say your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, hobbies and things like that?" Kakashi asks nonchalantly.

"Hey, hey, why don't you introduce yourself to use first!" Naruto shouts, accusingly.

'He does look kinda suspicious…' Hinata thinks quietly.

"Okay…my name is Hatake Kakashi…I like a lot of things…I also dislike a lot of things. My dreams for the future? I don't feel like telling you! And…I have lots of hobbies," Kakashi says, believing that his students would actually accept that as a response.

'That didn't tell us anything except his name,' Hinata thinks.

"Now it's your turn, let's start on the right."

"Alright! My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I like cup ramen. I like it even more when Iruka sensei pays for my ramen," Naruto says, adjusting his headband, "What I dislike is waiting three minutes for the ramen to cook! And my dream…"

'Does he only think about RAMEN!" Kakashi thinks, exasperatedly.

"…is to be the next Hokage and then have the people of this village acknowledge my existence!" Naruto finishes. "Oh! And my hobbies are pranks, I guess!"

"Alright…how 'bout the girl on the left…" Kakashi says, bored.

"Um…my name is H-Hyuuga Hinata…the thing I l-like is…" Hinata stops and turns bright red. "CINNAMON ROLLS!" Hinata screams high-pitched.

Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke all fall backward, in surprise, from Hinata's very loud scream. Naruto and Sasuke end up colliding with the cold, hard, unforgiving concrete, and Kakashi falls off the roof.

The three genin look in shock at the place where their jounin leader once sat. Suddenly, they see a hand clamp onto the fence and Kakashi pulls himself back onto the roof. "That was…unexpected. Please continue," Kakashi says, leaning against the fence.

"…Um…I don't like seafood that much. My dream for the future is to fight my father and prove that I am worthy enough to be the heir to the Hyuuga clan. And I like pressing flowers, so I guess that's my hobby," Hinata says quietly.

"Okay…last, but not least, the emo kid in the middle," Kakashi says, pointing to Sasuke.

Sasuke sighs and says, "My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are lots of things I dislike and I don't really like anything." 'Except Hinata.' "I can't really call it a dream, but I have an ambition. The restoration of my clan…and to kill a certain man."

Kakashi stares down at the three genin in front of him. "Now, the introductions are done. Tomorrow we'll start our duties as shinobi."

Naruto sits up straight and salutes, "Yeah! What kind of duties! Duties! Duties!"

"First we are going to do something with just the four of us," Kakashi says calmly.

"What is it? What is it?" Naruto asks excitedly.

"Survival training," Kakashi says, still not changing his expression.

"Survival training?" Naruto asks confused. Sasuke stays silent and Hinata blinks in surprise. "We've already had enough training at the academy! When do we get to do cool ninja stuff?"

"This isn't a normal training…this time, I'm your opponent," Kakashi says. All three ninja stare flabbergasted at their sensei.

"Then! Then! What is it?" Naruto asks, genuinely confused. Kakashi snickers quietly to himself.

Sasuke frowns, getting irritated, "What's so funny, sensei?"

Kakashi smiles and says, "Uum…well…it's just that when I tell you this, you guys are going to freak out."

"Freak out?" Naruto asks, tilting his head slightly. "Ha?"

In all seriousness, Kakashi says, "Of all the 27 graduates, only 9 will be chosen to become genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a very difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66%!" The three ninja stare at him in shock. "Ha ha ha! I told you you'd freak out…"

Naruto is the first to speak after this shock. "What? No way! But we worked so hard! Then what was the point of graduating?"

Kakashi blinks. "Oh…that? That was just to select those who have the change to become genin." Naruto stares at him in shock. "Anyway, tomorrow you have to show your real skills on the training grounds. Bring all the shinobi tools you have. Oh…skip breakfast, or you might throw up."

Naruto starts shaking with frustration. 'I can't fail here. I'll have to show Kakashi sensei all I've got and make him recognize my strength!'

Kakashi gives his three students each a piece of paper. "The details are on this paper and don't be late tomorrow." Sasuke immediately crumples his up. Hinata reads the paper. Naruto looks at it and thinks, 'Too many words!'

Once she read the paper, Hinata thinks, 'I have got to pass. If I fail, father might…might not love me…'

That night, Naruto trained with his motionless Kakashi punching bag, his Sasuke one was in the washer.

OKAY! Next chapter will be the fight for the bells!